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The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Science of Getting Rich This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: The Science of Getting Rich Author: W. D. Wattles Release date: June 30, 2019 [eBook #59844] Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59844 Credits: Produced by Craig Kirkwood and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH *** Produced by Craig Kirkwood and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber’s Notes: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end. * * * * * [Illustration: WALLACE D. WATTLES.] * * * * * THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH BY W. D. WATTLES Author of “New Science of Living and Healing.” PRICE, $1.00 PUBLISHED BY ELIZABETH TOWNE HOLYOKE, MASS. 1910 * * * * * COPYRIGHT, APRIL 1, 1910 BY WALLACE D. WATTLES CONTENTS PAGE I. THE RIGHT TO BE RICH 9 II. THERE IS A SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH 15 III. IS OPPORTUNITY MONOPOLIZED 23 IV. THE FIRST PRINCIPLE IN THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH 31 V. INCREASING LIFE 42 VI. HOW RICHES COME TO YOU 53 VII. GRATITUDE 63 VIII. THINKING IN A CERTAIN WAY 71 IX. HOW TO USE THE WILL 80 X. FURTHER USE OF THE WILL 89 XI. ACTING IN THE CERTAIN WAY 99 XII. EFFICIENT ACTION 110 XIII. GETTING INTO THE RIGHT BUSINESS 119 XIV. THE IMPRESSION OF INCREASE 127 XV. THE ADVANCING MAN 135 XVI. SOME CAUTIONS, AND CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS 143 XVII. SUMMARY OF THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH 152 PREFACE. This book is pragmatical, not philosophical; a practical manual, not a treatise upon theories. It is intended for the men and women whose most pressing need is for money; who wish to get rich first, and philosophize afterward. It is for those who have, so far, found neither the time, the means, nor the opportunity to go deeply into the study of metaphysics, but who want results and who are willing to take the conclusions of science as a basis for action, without going into all the processes by which those conclusions were reached. It is expected that the reader will take the fundamental statements upon faith, just as he would take statements concerning a law of electrical action if they were promulgated by a Marconi or an Edison; and, taking the statements upon faith, that he will prove their truth by acting upon them without fear or hesitation. Every man or woman who does this will certainly get rich; for the science herein applied is an exact science, and failure is impossible. For the benefit, however, of those who wish to investigate philosophical theories and so secure a logical basis for faith, I will here cite certain authorities. The monistic theory of the universe--the theory that One is All, and that All is One; that one Substance manifests itself as the seeming many elements of the material world--is of Hindu origin, and has been gradually winning its way into the thought of the western world for two hundred years. It is the foundation of all the Oriental philosophies, and of those of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Schopenhauer, Hegel, and Emerson. The reader who would dig to the philosophical foundations is advised to read Hegel and Emerson; and he will do well to read “The Eternal News,” a very excellent pamphlet published by J. J. Brown, 300 Cathcart Road, Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland. He may also find some help in a series of articles written by the author, which were published in _Nautilus_ (Holyoke, Mass.) during the spring and summer of 1909, under the title “What is Truth?” In writing this book I have sacrificed all other considerations to plainness and simplicity of style, so that all might understand. The plan of action laid down herein was deduced from the conclusions of philosophy; it has been thoroughly tested, and bears the supreme test of practical experiment; it works. If you wish to know how the conclusions were arrived at, read the writings of the authors mentioned above; and if you wish to reap the fruits of their philosophies in actual practice, read this book and do exactly as it tells you to do. THE AUTHOR.